please let me know which model is ok and how much the price is. Anyone who wants to sell their amp is also welcomed.

I really need some good advice.. thanks

This post has been edited by afhm: Apr 29 2008, 10:51 AM

sigh.......
what kind of music do you play?
what's your budget?
what is your current setup?

metal, bentley, mesa.
clean, ckmusic, vox. =p

my budget is around RM700 and less. I am thinking of VOX ad15vt or any cheap one. I heard you can get that for 600++. mesa is too expensive.

my current setup is gt-6, ibanez at300(borrow from a friend), xotic bb preamp. right now i m using really cheap amp...

btw, I am trying to get andy timmons tone but dunno how...

This post has been edited by afhm: Apr 29 2008, 10:49 AM

right now your priority is to get your own guitar

Agree. Get your own guitar first.
BTW, a Full Tube amp is around 5k+ for a good 30w. I'm talking about branded amps that you can get HERE. If you want something hand built (Ceriatone recommended) or a no name brand (Smarvo comes to mind), it's cheaper...... but you're going to cough up ALOT for a full tube amp. I paid over 6k for my full tube 60w JCM2000 TSL602 combo.

A Vox Valvetronix or the Marshall Valvestate are semi tube amps, meaning they use tubes only in the pre-amps, and not the power amp stage. It's CLOSE to the full-tube, but it'll never be able to get that "full" tone of a Full Tube amp. I'm not saying that they are bad however. On the contrary, the valvetronix line sounds amazing and highly recommended for rockers on a budget. But it's just not a full tube amp like what you're looking for.

BUT, there is a saving grace. There's a tiny but powerful Kustom Tube amp that goes for around RM700 (Everdying, help me out with the model?) that sounds great. It's a practice amp, but it delivers that tube-like tone. Also, for around the same price range, there's the Ibanez Valbee mini tube amp. Sounds good also.

the valbee isnt that great.
the kustom is the tube 12a...around RM600.

and i thought the vox had the tube in the poweramp.

whatever it is they will never sound like a tube amp at full blast

speaking of marshall tube, bentley selling jcm2000 dsl401 for RM4.5k while davis only selling it for about rm3k.
GAS is striking.

BUY! BUY! BUY!
I love my 60w TSl602.
Just put an overdrive in front and you can hear it take off..........

kustom 12A = 600? wow, almost twice the price from this website

http://www.music123.com/Kustom-Tube-12A-Pr...145535.Music123

I can just buy one here in us but i dunno how to bring it to malaysia.. i dunno whether it is better to ship it or just buy one in malaysia.

I want to bring it inside the airplane but already got two luggages, one hand luggage, one laptop bag. I dont have many things to bring back, but I assume the amp itself wont fit inside my luggage.

Any other practice amps that sounds good? I am looking for something that sounds like jazzy, bluesy, not too metal

This post has been edited by afhm: Apr 29 2008, 12:46 PM

Dont forget..... if you're buying an amplifier in the US, you'll have to convert it to accept our malaysian power voltage.
Otherwise.......
KKKKKKKAAAAAAAABBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!

owh shoot, is there anything that i can do other than converting the voltage? i dont want to convert the voltage because short circuit might happened, and can go kabooooom too. aiseyh, is there any other solution?

This post has been edited by afhm: Apr 29 2008, 12:51 PM

Yes. Buy in Malaysia

hmm, what is the price range for a decent full tube amp?

This post has been edited by afhm: Apr 29 2008, 01:05 PM

Edited Post .. Sorry

This post has been edited by don8ld: Apr 29 2008, 01:10 PM

Well,there's this guy from Sarawak,he builds 5 watt tube amps for RM650 or RM850(Can't remember).Go find him in i-bands

or... Vox ac15, i think it shud be close to Rm2.4k
I guess everyone forgotten about this classic rock sound..

This post has been edited by Mr. Z: Apr 29 2008, 01:16 PM

is there any better amp than vox/kustom? i need sth around that price range.

Btw, i just figured out the price range for full tube amp, sorry for asking the same question twice.

please read what people have already answered you.

price range of a full tube amp?
for your budget of less than 1k, i dont think you can get a full tube amp.

With the only exception to the hand built 5 watter from Sabah, bout rm800


@TS
Andy uses his AT100 and AT300 into a Boogie Dual Rectifier, with a moderate gain setting, even if you get a 5w full tube from the guy in Sabah, you won't sound anywhere close.
Your best bet, is to find a very dynamic solidstate amp, HnK comes into mind, use your GT6 with the boogie rectifiier modeller. Should bring you close enough I guess.
I much prefer his AT100 tho, sounds right for the type of songs he excels at best. Never really liked his heavier stuff.